Photos and videos contributed by several Stompers show how the ComfortDelGro taxi was seen at the foot of Block 175 with its front bumper mangled.

A signpost and several supermarket trolleys were also damaged in the accident.

The 62-year-old ComfortDelGro cabby was conscious when taken to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

Ms Tammy Tan, ComfortDelGro's group chief corporate communications officer, told Stomp in a statement on Monday that there were no passengers on board the taxi and no members of the public were injured as a result of the incident.

An eyewitness told Lianhe Wanbao that he had been on his way to Toa Payoh MRT station when he heard a loud crash.

Mr Wang, a 69-year-old retiree, said: "I was on the walkway next to the taxi stand when a ComfortDelGro taxi surged forward.

"It hit a cab in front, went up the walkway where some supermarket trolleys were parked, and only came to a stop when it crashed into a pillar at the block."

Members of the public were left frightened and the scene was a mess, added Mr Wang.

According to other passers-by at the scene, the ComfortDelGro driver then exited his vehicle and said he had accidentally stepped on the accelerator.